SC - Is Arrowroot Period?

[CBlackwill at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/3/00 5:06:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
melcnewt at netins.net writes:

> The Corpora does state that we recreate Pre 17th Century Western European
>  culture, If you can find a recipe using Arrowroot from Portugual or Spain
>  before 1600, then by all means share it and it will be deemed a period 
item.
>  

Okay, here we go again.   If we are to recreate only Western European 
culture, then why are there so many Russian and Middle Eastern personae in 
the SCA?  If you can find a ships manifest which indicates "Russian and 
Middle Eastern Passengers", then we'll deem them period, as well.

Balthazar of Blackmoor
(with tongue firmly in cheek)